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Friday, April 21, 2017

Double the Trouble

Allie Jane Webster and Lexi Mae Webster

How many of you have pushed a double stroller that's absolutely impossible to maneuver? Alyssa Bates Webster has found one that she loves, and she says it makes life with two kids a whole lot easier. It's the BabyTrend Sit N' Stand. Go ahead and share any tips or words of wisdom you have for surviving life with two children.

33 comments:

$169.99 at Target. When I was a young mother, I couldn't have afforded something that cost the equivalent of this one. I got mine 'for free' from the old Trading Stamp days just as they were going out of circulation.

I loved my double stroller, it was a long one like that, not a wide one, which I always think must be impossible to use if you're in town! I worked as a nanny years ago for twins and the mom had a twin pram that she had shipped over from Italy which was in the style of the prams from the 70s, huge and bulky, you couldn't even get it in the car!!

Stop badgering this person just because they expressed their opinion. Some people just can't afford more than two! Plus maybe they had two very complicated deliveries, and don't think they should risk their health or life to have more children. There is nothing wrong with only having one or two children!

I agree, 11:08, that there's nothing wrong with having one or two children. However, there's also nothing wrong with having more than one! The original poster seems to be making a blanket statement that just isn't true.

In my opinion, if you need a double stroller then your kids are too close together in age! What is wrong with spacing your children a little farther apart? Why not enjoy them a little bit more when they are young, rather than rushing to have another one right away?

Sometimes pregnancies happen regardless if they're planned. When I had my first son and I was completely content. Matter of fact I was thinking of having my tubes tied right away. Anyhow two months after my first son was born I was pregnant with the second. Sometimes that's just how it happens. By the way its also up to God as some people have gotten their tubes ties or husbands had vasectomy and guess what they find themselves PREGNANT!

Well I see nothing wrong with having your kids close together. Me and my oldest sister is 5 years and 2 months apart, and me and my youngest sister is 5 years and 10 months. And ther is such an age gap that we wasn't close at all growing up. Me and my youngest sister is closer now but me and my oldest isn't. I would have lived having a sibling closer to age. But, it's all up to the parents and not really anybody else business lol

I have really enjoyed my Phil & Ted double stroller. It's the size of one with a rumble seat. It's pricey but so worth it! I found mine used and have used it for the last 5 years and it still works great. If I would ever need a new stroller though I think I would go for an uppa baby. It has more options. You can use as a double and also get a skateboard attachment so that you can push 3 Kids! Wish I would have had that with my first 3, they are very close in age - 2 1/2 years between the 1st and the 3rd

This stroller might work right now, when the younger baby is still in a 'carrier' type of seat but what happens when she's too large for the car seat carrier? Does it convert in to a '2 child stroller"? If not, it's not worth the money, IMO.

I had a Phil and Teds double, I loved it! I had 3 kids close together and it was so great. Light, easy to steer, folded up, fitted in lots of groceries underneath, not too wide because the kids weren't side by side. The baby or the toddler could sleep if they needed. It was awesome.

These are great! We have used the Graco brand Sit and Stand for 4 years now. I am so pleased with it. It was compact enough to fit in my sedan, easy to steer, and just light enough for me to hoist it in my car. It is not a good jogging stroller, but perfect for stores.

Please don't get me wrong, I like Alyssa very much. She likes a quiet home and doesn't really care for the chaos that her nuclear family comes with due to their large number. Having said that, Alyssa has gone on record as saying that she's not really interested in having 19 children herself, but that she 'probably could do 8'. My question is, so what are they going to do after #8 arrives? Birth control? This is a general question put out there as a logical one, since they don't believe in any type of conception monitoring.

It is reasonable to assume that the Bates adult children are not necessarily going to follow every rule or doctrine that their parents have. It would also stand to reason that if Alyssa said she's not interested in having 19 kids, that at some point she and her husband would practice some kind of birth control- whether it be natural family planning or other method. I don't think the couple is obligated to share a very private matter, such as how they intend to prevent pregnancy in the future, with the viewing public.